--- title: Mate, that fish race was mad, who even won? — Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reind… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, that fish race was mad, who even won? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1244-pg3282-part45/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reind…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1244-pg3282-part45/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks… Mate, that fish race was mad, who even won? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** be, win This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1244-pg3282-part45/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t6:1 # text = Mate, that fish race was mad, who even won? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 even even ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Mate | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **win** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nobody won, because the fox got stuck in the middle and the Lapp called the race off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t6:o1:1 # text = Nobody won, because the fox got stuck in the middle and the Lapp called the race off 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Lapp Lapp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | Nobody | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | past | the fox | | | | | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **call off** *speech: assert* | past | the Lapp | the race | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent race=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The eel, who swam fastest of all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t6:o2:1 # text = The eel, who swam fastest of all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eel eel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 csubj _ _ 6 fastest fast ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | past | the eel | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The pike, who yelled that it had won ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t6:o3:1 # text = The pike, who yelled that it had won 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pike pike NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 yelled yell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | the pike | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **win** | past · perfect | pike | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The eel won ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1244-pg3282-part45:t6:o4:1 # text = The eel won 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eel eel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | the eel | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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